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The following boundary value problem for the stationary Navier-Stokes system is considered in an exterior domain \(\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^n\) \((n\geq 3)\) \[ \begin{aligned} -\Delta &w+w\cdot\nabla w+\nabla \pi=\text{div } F,\qquad \nabla\cdot w=0 \quad \text{in} \Omega, \\ & w=0 \quad \text{on} \partial\Omega, \qquad w(x)\to 0\quad \text{as} |x|\to\infty. \end{aligned}\tag{1} \] The existence and the uniqueness to the problem (1) are established in the Lorentz spaces \(L_{p,q}(\Omega)\). For prescribed small \(F\in L_{\frac n2,\infty}(\Omega)\) the authors construct a solution \((w,\pi)\) of (1) with \(w\in L_{n,\infty}(\Omega),\;\nabla w\in L_{\frac n2,\infty}(\Omega),\;\pi\in L_{\frac n2,\infty}(\Omega)\). In the second part of the paper the authors investigate the stability of the stationary solution \(w\) of (1). Let \((v,p)\) be the solution to the non-stationary Navier-Stokes system \[ \begin{aligned} &\frac{\partial v}{\partial t}-\Delta v+v\cdot\nabla v +\nabla p=\text{div } F,\qquad \nabla\cdot v=0 \quad \text{in} \Omega,\;t>0,\\ &v=0 \;\text{on} \partial\Omega,\;t>0, \quad w(x,t)\to 0\;\text{as} |x|\to\infty,\\ &v(x,0)=w(x)+a(x)\quad \text{for} x\in\Omega. \end{aligned}\tag{2} \] It is shown that if the stationary flow \(w\) and the initial disturbance \(a\) are both small in the common space \(L_{n,\infty}(\Omega)\), then there is a unique global solution \(v\) of (2) such that the integrals \[ \begin{aligned} &\int_\Omega|v(x,t)-w(x)|^r dx \quad \text{for} \frac n{n-1}<r<\infty,\\ &\int_\Omega|\nabla v(x,t)-\nabla w(x)|^r dx \quad \text{for} \frac n{n-1}<r<n \end{aligned} \] converge to zero as \(t\to\infty\) with definite decay rates as. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0902.00034].